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Autonomous Vehicles

Scania and Rio Tinto trial autonomous truck in Western Australia

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By Heather Rose - 31st January 2019

Sweden / Australia – Scania AB is testing a new generation of autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt operations in Western Australia.

The trial commenced in August 2018 and involves a Scania XT 8x4 autonomous tipper truck working separately from Dampier’s active operations. Initially, a safety driver rides in the vehicle to observe the truck’s performance and, if necessary, to intervene. In subsequent phases, additional autonomous Scania trucks will be added to develop vehicle-vehicle awareness and intelligent fleet supervisory controls.

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